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English noun: galaxy | |||
| 1. | galaxy (group) a splendid assemblage (especially of famous people) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection | ||
| 2. | galaxy (plant) tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall | ||
| Synonyms | beetleweed, coltsfoot, galax, Galax urceolata, wandflower | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | herb, herbaceous plant | ||
| Member meronym | genus Galax | ||
| 3. | galaxy (group) (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust | ||
| Samples | `extragalactic nebula' is a former name for `galaxy'. | ||
| Synonyms | extragalactic nebula | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Great Attractor, Milky Way, Milky Way Galaxy, Milky Way System, spiral galaxy, spiral nebula | ||
| Instance hyponym | Magellanic Cloud | ||
| Member holonym | star | ||
| Member meronym | cosmos, creation, existence, macrocosm, universe, world | ||
| Substance holonym | cosmic dust | ||
| Domain category | astronomy, uranology | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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